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Media Studies (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Media Studies (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 220 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Social Sciences (1,597), one of the easier corners under it.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Media Studies best sellers
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Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
by Laura Bates
- List rank#1
- Price$9.17
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,334
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INFLUENCING THE MASSES: The Psychological Techniques a Handful of People Use to Steer Billions of Minds
- List rank#2
- Price$12.98
- Rating4.5
- Reviews66
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Why Fauci MUST Rot in Prison
- List rank#3
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews32
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Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI
by Nick Srnicek
- List rank#4
- Price$16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11
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The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery
by Kaitlyn Tiffany
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews84
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Behold a Pale Horse
by Milton William Cooper
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13,885
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I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews947
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,379
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Virtuous Nonsense: Progressive America’s Epistemic Crisis
by Lawrence M. Eppard
- List rank#9
- Price$8.69
- Reviews-
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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,408
Same niche in Books: Communication & Media Studies
FAQ
Is Media Studies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 220 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Media Studies?
The median best seller has 220 reviews, and 40% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Media Studies best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Media Studies?
17% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.